1. THE DANGER IN DRIFTING HEBREWS 2:1-3 - TEXT

2. THE SCRIPTURES WARN US HEB. 2:1-3 HEB. 2:1-3 –“Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him”

3. EXAMPLE OF ONE WHO DRIFTED PHILE. 24 – “as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.” PHILE. 24 – “as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.” 2 TIM. 4:10 – “for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica” 2 TIM. 4:10 – “for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica”

4. THE NATURE OF DRIFTING REQUIRES NO EFFORT REQUIRES NO EFFORT MATT. 25:25-27 – “And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.' 26 "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.” MATT. 25:25-27 – “And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.' 26 "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.”

5. THE NATURE OF DRIFTING IT’S AN UNCONSCIOUS PROCESS IT’S AN UNCONSCIOUS PROCESS PSA. 1:1-2 – “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.” PSA. 1:1-2 – “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.”

6. THE NATURE OF DRIFTING OCCURS WHEN GOING WITH THE FLOW NOT AGAINST IT OCCURS WHEN GOING WITH THE FLOW NOT AGAINST IT 2 PET. 1:5-8 – “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 PET. 1:5-8 – “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

7. THE NATURE OF DRIFTING SPEED OF DRIFT INCREASES DOWNSTREAM SPEED OF DRIFT INCREASES DOWNSTREAM EPH. 4:14 – “that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting” EPH. 4:14 – “that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting”

8. THE NATURE OF DRIFTING WE BECOME A DANGER TO OTHERS WE BECOME A DANGER TO OTHERS EPH. 4:17-24 - This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” EPH. 4:17-24 - This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.”

9. THE NATURE OF DRIFTING IT ENDS IN SHIPWRECK IT ENDS IN SHIPWRECK 1 TIM. 1:18-20 – “This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, 20 of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.” 1 TIM. 1:18-20 – “This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, 20 of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.”

10. THE SIGNALS OF DRIFTING DIMINISHED DESIRE TO STUDY AND PRAY DIMINISHED DESIRE TO STUDY AND PRAY MARK 1:35 – “Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.” MARK 1:35 – “Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.” LUKE 18:1 – “Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart” LUKE 18:1 – “Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart”

11. THE SIGNALS OF DRIFTING DIMINISHED DESIRE TO FELLOWSHIP BRETHREN DIMINISHED DESIRE TO FELLOWSHIP BRETHREN PSA. 122:1 – “I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of the LORD." PSA. 122:1 – “I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of the LORD." ROM.14:19 – “Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.” ROM.14:19 – “Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.”

12. THE SIGNALS OF DRIFTING DIMINISHED DESIRE TO FELLOWSHIP BRETHREN DIMINISHED DESIRE TO FELLOWSHIP BRETHREN ECCL. 4:9-12 – “Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? 12 Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. ECCL. 4:9-12 – “Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? 12 Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. 1 COR. 15:33 – “Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits." 1 COR. 15:33 – “Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."

13. THE SIGNALS OF DRIFTING DIMINISHED DESIRE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL DIMINISHED DESIRE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL ACTS 8:4 – “Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.” ACTS 8:4 – “Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.” 1 THESS. 1:8 – “For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.” 1 THESS. 1:8 – “For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.”

14. THE SIGNALS OF DRIFTING DESIRE INCREASES FOR THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD DESIRE INCREASES FOR THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD 1 JN. 2:15-17 – “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” 1 JN. 2:15-17 – “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”

15. THE SIGNALS OF DRIFTING DESIRE INCREASES FOR THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD DESIRE INCREASES FOR THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD 2 TIM. 3:1-4 – “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God 2 TIM. 3:1-4 – “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God

16. SOME SOLUTIONS FOR DRIFTING ROWING ROWING 2 PET. 1:5-10 – “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble” 2 PET. 1:5-10 – “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble”

17. SOME SOLUTIONS FOR DRIFTING ROWING ROWING PHIL. 3:12-15 - Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise” PHIL. 3:12-15 - Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise”

18. SOME SOLUTIONS FOR DRIFTING GROWING GROWING 2 PET. 3:17-18 - “You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever.” Amen. 2 PET. 3:17-18 - “You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever.” Amen.

19. SOME SOLUTIONS FOR DRIFTING GROWING GROWING GAL. 5:22-25 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self- control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” GAL. 5:22-25 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self- control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

20. SOME SOLUTIONS FOR DRIFTING SOWING SOWING 1 COR. 9:19-23 - For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.” 1 COR. 9:19-23 - For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.”

21. SOME SOLUTIONS FOR DRIFTING ANCHORING ANCHORING MATT. 7:13-14 – “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” MATT. 7:13-14 – “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”

22. SOME SOLUTIONS FOR DRIFTING ANCHORING ANCHORING COL. 2:5-8 – “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.” COL. 2:5-8 – “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.”

23. SOME SOLUTIONS FOR DRIFTING ANCHORING ANCHORING HEB. 6:18-19 – “that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil” HEB. 6:18-19 – “that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil”

24. CONCLUSION Are you drifting? Are you drifting? The danger is real!!! The danger is real!!! HEB. 2:1 – “Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. HEB. 2:1 – “Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. If you are drifting come back to Jesus – TODAY!!! If you are drifting come back to Jesus – TODAY!!!